Spatial instabilities, all-optical limiting, and thresholding in nonlinear distributed-feedback devices

Year: 1987

Authors: Mecozzi A., Trillo S., Wabnitz S.

Autors Affiliation: Fondazione Ugo Bordoni and Istituto Superiore Poste e Telecomunicazioni, Viale Europa 190, Rome, 00144, Italy

Abstract: Solutions of coupled-mode equations describing intensity-induced Bragg coupling of counterpropagating modes in a nonlinear distributed-feedback structure may become spatially unstable. Instability leads to nonpassing plateaus in the intensity transmission characteristics. This induces strong optical limiting action in the transmission mode and lower thresholding in the reflection mode.

Journal/Review: OPTICS LETTERS

Volume: 12 (12)      Pages from: 1008  to: 1010

KeyWords: Nonlinear optics
DOI: 10.1364/OL.12.001008

Citations: 31
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